Tag: central coast
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LUCKY ESCAPE FOR MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ON CENTRAL COAST
A mother and her daughter had a lucky escape when their car rolled down a steep embankment on the Central Coast. The woman was driving along Paroo Road at Holgate at around 12:30 this afternoon, when she lost control of her car and veered off the road. The vehicle came to rest about 10-metres down…
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WOMAN DIES IN MOBILE HOME FIRE
An elderly woman is dead after fire tore through her mobile home on the Central Coast last night. Emergency services arrived to the home in Canton Beach just after 8pm to find it engulfed in flames. The 71-year-old’s body was discovered inside. The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
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LONG WEEKEND SCORCHER
The east coast is preparing for a sweltering long weekend. Temperatures are expected to soar into the mid thirties until Monday – and authorities warn the heatwave comes with risks.
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LOCATION OF GOSFORD TAX OFFICE BUILDING REVEALED
It’s been one of the best kept secrets on the Central Coast, and today the Federal Government finally revealed the location of the proposed Tax Office building. The Treasurer joined the local member Lucy Wicks, outside the Old Gosford Public School site, where construction on a new four storey building will start mid-next year.
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ATO BUILDING TO BE BUILT ON OLD GOSFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL SITE
A purpose-built Commonwealth agency building will be constructed on the former Gosford Public School site. Newly appointed Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison was on the Central Coast this morning, to make the long awaited announcement. The relocation of the Australian Tax Office is expected to create a further 600 local jobs. The government expects construction to…
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CENTRAL COAST CLEANING UP THE MESS
The novelty of yesterday’s hailstorm has well and truly worn off, with residents today counting the cost. The damage has forced many from their homes indefinitely – the bill expected to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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FIRE FIGHTERS BATTLING WYEE BUSHFIRE
Fire fighters are working to contain an out-of-control bushfire at Wyee. The blaze is burning along Bushells Ridge Road. The fire is not threatening any homes at this stage, but there is lots of smoke in the area.
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OUTSPOKEN PRIEST BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Gosford Anglican priest, Father Rod Bower, has landed himself in hot water, after criticising the company responsible for security at Australia’s overseas detention centres. Transfield has asked to meet with Newcastle Bishop Greg Thompson next week over Father Bower’s recent signs and tweets, that have been deeply critical of the company. He has described the…
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DAMAGES RESTORED TO MAN AFTER CENTRAL COAST TRAIN FALL
A man, who was stripped of more than $1.5-million in damages awarded after he fell from a Central Coast train, has won an appeal to have the money restored. Corey Fuller-Lyons was eight years old when he suffered severe injuries, when he fell from a train soon after it left Morriset station in 2001. He…
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CENTRAL COAST SCHOOLGIRL WINS THE VOICE
Central Coast schoolgirl Ellie Drennan has won this year’s The Voice…becoming the youngest winner of the program, at 16-years-old. In second place was busker Joe Moore, whose parents live in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Valentine. “It’s very daunting going on to the voice stage, it’s much bigger than pitt street mall, so you’ve got all…